Claims
- 1. A method for determining a capacity level of a network switch, the switch having a processor to process a plurality of call events, the processor's time comprising message processing time and maintenance time, the message processing time comprising call processing time, call processing input/output time, and non-call processing related input/output time, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting operational measurement data from the network switch;
- separating the non-call processing related input/output time from the message processing time;
- determining a frequency of the call events;
- determining a weighted average for the real-time cost of the plurality of call events in response to the frequency of call events, the call processing time, the call processing input/output time, and the non-call processing related input/output time; and
- computing the capacity level in response to the weighted average and the message processing time.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the capacity level is computed by determining a result of the division of the call message process time by the weighted average.
- 3. The method of claim 2 and further including transforming the call event process time into milliseconds before dividing by the weighted average.
- 4. A method for predicting busy hour call attempts for a cellular switch, the cellular switch having a processor to process a plurality of call events that is comprised of different sets of call events, the plurality of call events being processed within a message processing time that comprises call processing time and input/output time, the input/output time comprising call processing input/output time and remaining input/output time, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting operational measurement data from the cellular switch;
- retrieving the call events from the operational measurement data;
- separating the input/output time from the call event process time;
- defining an input/output relationship between the call event process time and the remaining input/output time;
- determining a call event frequency for each set of call events;
- generating a weighted average by summing a product of each call event frequency and the call event's respective message processing time, a product of each call event frequency and the call event's respective call processing input/output time, and the input/output relationship; and
- determining the busy hour call attempt prediction in response to the weighted average and the call event process time.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the input/output relationship is a constant times each set of different call events.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/027,311 filed Oct. 1, 1996.
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